52 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Naturally the best seasons for marketing western C grade and 
bulk apples are when the eastern crop is ight. In other seasons the 
best markets are those depending principally on shipped-in supplies. 
Apparently there is a field for extension in the South and Corn Belt 
region and in the northern wheat belt by means of more complete 
distribution to the smaller cities and towns. Many of the smaller 
places are able to handle car lots on jomt account through a group 
of local dealers. Very small markets must depend on mixed car- 
loads or on small lots from the principal market centers. 
The most active markets for the C grade, including bulk stock, 
are those which can be reached at low cost for transportation and 
those distant markets in which there is little competition with home- 
grown apples. 
Cities of the Pacific Northwest and mountain regions are chiefly 
supphed with fruit that will not make the regular market grades. 
The cities of the lower Pacific coast region, especially San Francisco, 
Los Angeles, and San Diego, use C grade ge Kastern cities near 
commercial producing districts are well supplied with stock which 
Counce closely with the lower grade apples from the West. 
The estimated proportion of home-grown supply ranges from 25 
per cent in Boston and 20 per cent in Philadelphia to less than 5 per 
cent in many southern and western cities, The great majority of the 
large eastern markets range from 5 to 15 per cent home-grown apples. 
The quantity of such stock tends to increase with the modern develop- 
ment of motor trucking facilities. These markets are poor outlets for 
western fruit until the home grown, which includes many windfalls 
and others of poor-keeping quality, is mostly out of the way. Many 
of the small cities and towns of the Northeast are very heavily sup- 
plied with cheap stock during the fall months. 
Among the large cities with the greatest proportion of home 
erowns are Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and New 
York in about the order given. These markets, because of their 
size, can always handle any quantity of stock but prices are often low. 
Peddlers are the main dependence for distribution of low-grade fruit 
to consumers. In Baltimore numerous canneries and preserve fac- 
tories take much of the low-priced surplus. 
In the North and Middle West, few cities report over 5 per cent 
home grown. The supply is extremely light in New Orleans and cities 
of Florida and Texas. Reports from these cities mention a good 
demand for C grade. None of the large markets of the Middle West 
report over 5 per cent home grown and the general range is 2 to 4 | 
per cent, but most of these markets depend greatly on low grade and 
ungraded stock from the barreled-apple region. 
Among the cities that menticn an active market for C grade and 
unclassified western stock are St. Louis, Omaha, Milwaukee, New 
Orleans, Atlanta, Houston, Denver, Portland, Spokane, Sacramento, 
Los Angeles, and San Diego. Low grades from any source are 
reported hard to sell in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, 
and Washington. 
Much stock in bulk and loosely packed in boxes or baskets is 
shipped from the Rocky Mountain apple sections to southwestern 
and middle-western cities. Some years as high as 50 per cent of the 
Idaho shipped crop goes out in bulk. 
